Creation, expansion, and interaction of economic systems

Civilization: Egypt

Name: Rebekah Schuh


Theme
How does this theme apply to your civilization?
Agricultural and pastoral production
  • Irrigation systems
  • Agricultural peoples created distinctive societies and cultural traditions among themselves (Bantus)
Trade and Commerce
  • Trade from Nile to a much larger world
  • Egypt=center of trade
Labor Systems
  • Egyptian peasants/slave provided hard labor for agriculture and pyramids
Industrialization
  • (Bronze and Iron metallurgy)
Capitalism and socialism
  • Men dominant, although some woman (aristocrats, etc.)